NASA has successfully launched its James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. A joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the…
Machine-learning system flags remedies that might do more harm than good
A new machine-learning system could give physicians risk scores for different treatments. Sepsis claims the lives of nearly 270,000 people in the U.S. each year. The unpredictable medical condition can progress rapidly,…
Tiny Microscopic Hunters Could Be a Crystal Ball for Climate Change
It’s hard to know what climate change will mean for Earth’s interconnected and interdependent webs of life. But one team of researchers at Duke University says we might begin to get a…
New fibers can make breath-regulating garments
A new kind of fiber developed by researchers at MIT and in Sweden can be made into clothing that senses how much it is being stretched or compressed, and then provides immediate…
Accelerating the discovery of new materials for 3D printing
The growing popularity of 3D printing for manufacturing all sorts of items, from customized medical devices to affordable homes, has created more demand for new 3D printing materials designed for very specific…